INTRANET

Dr. S. L. Sangam
Professor and Chairman
Department of Library and Information Science
Karnatak University Dharwad
 Introduction
 An intranet is a corporate LAN and/or Wide Area Network (WAN) that is
secured behind company’s firewalls and it uses Internet technologies.
 Although intranets are developed using the same TCP/IP protocol as the
Internet, they operate as private networks with limited access.
 Only employees who are issued passwords and access codes are able to
use them. So, intranets are limited to information pertinent to the
company and contain exclusive and often proprietary and sensitive
information.

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Firewalls protect intranets from unauthorized outside access
The Intranet
 How do they do this?
 By identifying and communicating missions, goals, processes,
relationships, interactions, infrastructure, projects, schedules,
budgets and culture on-line, in a single interface everyone uses and
can add value back to.
 In a word, an Intranet represents your organization’s “intelligence”.

The purpose of this intelligence is to organize each individual’s

desktop with minimal cost, time and effort to be more productive,
more cost efficient, more timely, and more competitive.
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 With an Intranet, you have access to all the information, applications,

data, knowledge, processes, etc. available in the same window, or the

same browser. No more conversion to different formats, waiting for
programmers to code all the “new systems” together, or teams of
consultants to sift through your processes. No more missed
opportunities, giving up and not doing business with someone, because
their technology was different.
 Instead, an Intranet connects people together, with Internet technology,

using web servers, web browsers, and your data warehouses in a single
view that everyone can easily learn while still using their old software.
Building an Intranet
 Organizational Focus.

 The Intranet is your opportunity to define your organization and display

it for everyone to see. If everyone knows what the company stands for,
what the company’s strategic vision is, what the guiding company
principles are, who the clients and partners are, then they can focus
more clearly on what their own contributions are to the organization.
 A clear, single web page representing the values of the company is

tantamount to success. Every organization can constantly refer to the

central messages and develop their own supporting sites accordingly.
Uses of Intranets.
 Intranets can be used for so many different functions within your
organization. Applications that you’ve been using for years are finding
their way to the Intranet.
 Every developer from 1996/97 is creating new Web applications, or
retrofitting existing applications to run seamlessly in Intranet
environment.
 Uses include executive decision support systems, sales cycle
automation tools, financial systems, online analytical processing (OLAP)
applications, personal productivity applications, financial trading floor
systems, procurement and business-to-business commerce
applications, document management systems, and customer support
and help desk applications. The list just goes on and on.
Advantages of using Intranets
 Enhanced productivity of employees
 Ease of access of information & knowledge
 Reduced dependency on other employees
 “Pull factor” helps employees get the right information at the right time
 Powerful tool for communication
 Horizontally & vertically in the organization
 Effective tool for Knowledge Management
 Enables Performance Management
 Through Dashboard views( to automatically show a user useful files and
other objects as he goes about his day. While you read email, browse
the web,)
Conclusion
 Intranets are powerful tools for disseminating
and sharing information & knowledge in an
organization
 Intranets need to be planned, designed,
implemented and adopted systematically
 Intranets attain maturity over a period
 e-Workflow enables structured decision-making
in a digital environment
 Intranets & e-Workflows can eventually
integrate